Historic site · Texas
Rockport Marine Laboratory
Rockport Marine Laboratory is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. The nearest named place is Texas Maritime Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it.
The story
city in and county seat of Aransas County, Texas, United States
Dates from 1870-08-18.
Wikidata Q982338, matched on coordinates and name (781 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
Coordinates28.02440, -97.04766
- On the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Jackson Family Maritime Companies: 0.2 mi
- Woman's Club of Aransas County: 0.2 mi
- Fulton-Bruhl House: 0.2 mi
- Hoopes-Smith House: 0.2 mi
- Richard Henry Wood House: 0.2 mi
Parks: 36
- Rockport Harbor Fairgrounds: 0.2 mi
- Seabreeze Park: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Copano Bay State Fishing Pier: 8.0 mi
- Aransas City Park: 9.7 mi
Museums: 7
- Texas Maritime Museum: 0.2 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 2.4 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 13.1 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 15.0 mi
- Taft Blackland Museum: 21.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 4
- Rockport Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 8.1 mi
- Holiday Beach: 14.1 mi
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 2
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 3.6 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Aransas City: 5.8 mi
- Copano: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McGloins Bluff: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 1
- Giant milk bottle: 24.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:03 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockport, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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